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Thursday, May 2, 2019

Killed in Action near Fricourt Wood


Ernest Harold Gowty was Killed in Action on 12 February 1917 on the battlefield near Fricourt wood


He was buried in the field, near the Fricourt Chateau, map reference 57c.N.27.B.2.9
His grave was identified by markings on a wooden cross




His body was exhumed and reburied at the Bancourt British Cemetery, Picardie, France


Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 20



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